Garment-hanger support



C. L. SEIDENBURG. y

GARMENT HANGER SUPPORT.

APPLICATION man Aus.2o,1919.

1,340,565. Patented May 18, 1920.

:Imm/Mov 4 Charles Louis Seidenburg UNITED' srArss rArnNfr onirica CHARLES LoUIs SEIDENBURG, or rnrrninnLPHIA,- PNNNsYLvANIA, AssIeNoR Toy WILLIAM currar, or PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

GARMEN'r-NANGER SUPPORT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 18, 1920.

Application filed August 20, 1919. Serial No. 318,792.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES LOUIS SEI- DENBURG, a citizen of the United States, residing at Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Garment-Hanger Supports, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in a support for garment hangers adapted for wardrobe trunks and particularly adapted for a sample case for carrying sample waists.

The object of my invention is to provide a novel form lof receptacle having a garment hanger support, for supporting garments within a compartment of thereceptacle and a second garment hanger support adapted to form a temporary support upon the outside of the receptacle; a further object of my invention is to provide a support adapted to be extended through an aperture .formed in the panel of the trunk or case for temporarily holding the garment hangers when removed from the interior of the receptacle; and a still further object of my invention is to provide various novel features of construction and arrangement of the parts which constitute my invention and which will be hereinaftery more fully described and claimed. p

In the accompanyingdrawing Figure 1, shows a perspective view of a sample waist case embodying my invention; Fig. 27 is a horizontal sectional view through the door or lid of the receptacle, showing the support for temporarily holding the garments, drawn on a larger scale, and shown in a position when not in use.

Referring to the accompanying drawing, in which like reference characters refer to like parts, 1 represents the body portion of a trunk, or case, having a lid 2, hinged thereto in the usual manner. The body portion 1 forms a compartment for garments carried upon hangers 4L which in turn are suspended from the garment hanger support 5, secured to the back panel 6 and to the top or end panel 7 of the body portion 1, so that when the receptacle is in the position shown in Fig. 1, the garments will be freely suspended from the hangers 4.

An extension arm 10 is provided for hold-- ing the garment hangers 41 temporarily, when removed from the carrying compartment of the receptacle. The extension arm 10, consists of an arm rigidly held in a horizontal position and adapted to be extended outside of the receptacle. Said arm 10 is secured in such a manner that it may be readily concealed within the receptacle when not in use.

In the form illustrated in the drawing the extension armv consists of a rod 10 projecting through an aperture formed in the edge panel 12 ofthe lid 2. Said arm 10 is loosely mounted in a tube 13, secured in end plates 14 and 15, which are in turn secured by rivets 16 to the edges 12 and 17 of the lid, so that the arm 10 and tube 13 will extend parallel with the large panel 19 of the lid. Upon the tube 13 is secured a collar 21 having a' set-screw 22 therein adapted to impinge against the rod 10 and hold it either in the positions shown in Fig. 1, or Fig. 2. The enlarged end 23 on the rod 10 forms a linger grip for withdrawing the rod and also tends to prevent the gar- Inent hangers from sliding off the end of the rod. A finishing plate 25 is provided upon the outer face of the edge 12 of the lid 2, and is held by the rivets 16, holding the inside plate 15. The said finishing plate 25 and the inside plate 15 are provided with apertures through which the rod 10 freely slides.

The form of garment hanger support 5,

shown in the drawing, for holding the gar# ment hangers 4 in the body portion consists of a guide tube 30, secured to the end panel 7 of the body portion. A bar 31 is slidably mounted inthe guide tube 30 and is provided at its forward end with a depending post 33, which has secured thereto one member 34 of a telescoping supporting track for carrying the garment hangers 1. The other member 85 of said track is rigidly secured at its rear end in a bracket 86, attached to the panel 6 of the body by rivets 37. One member of the said supporting track consists of the rod 35 and the other member consists of a tube 341 fitting loosely over the rod and having the end 38 thereof beveled olf so Vthat the end of the tube will readily slide under and lift the hooks of the hangers 4. Any other desired form of support may be used in the body portion instead of the support 5, as shown.

Having thus described my invention I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

1. In a receptacle for carrying garments,

a telescopng support comprising a tube iixedly mounted' at both ends to the side Walls of the receptacle and a rod slidable in the said tube through one side wall of the 5 receptacle.

2. In a receptacle for carrying garments, a telesooping support comprising a tube iXedly mounted at both ends to the side Walls of the receptacle, a rod slidable' in the said tube through one sidewall of the re- 10 ceptaole, and means for retaining said rod in adjusted position.

In testimony whereof I aix my signature. CHARLES LOUIS SEIDENBURG. 

